Economy
Economy
We must recognize the value associated with the development of knowledge and skills.
We, as a populace, have the right to dictate our own terms of life.
We trade our Time, Effort, Knowledge, and Skill (TEKS) for resources to increase our lifestyles. The majority of our incomes are the direct result of the trade between employers and employees. That relationship is also reflected in client and supplier relationships. The cost of that trade should be left to negotiation between the affected parties.
Unless doing business with the government, there should be no involvement of the government. Excessive taxes have been applied to our State economy without regard to the effects; big business has gotten bigger, while small business, which is the bulk of the economy, has gone out of business.
How do we know we have too many taxes? We have the Kicker, which refunds our money, disproportionately, after taxing us.
The Oregon State Constitution says this in Article I, Section 21:
"Ex-Post Facto Laws; Laws Impairing Contracts; Laws Depending on Authorization in Order to Take Effect; Laws Submitted to Electors
No ex-post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts shall ever be passed, nor shall any law be passed, the taking effect of which shall be made to depend upon any authority, except as provided in this Constitution; provided, that laws locating the Capitol of the State, locating County Seats, and submitting town, and corporate acts, and other local, and Special laws may take effect, or not, upon a vote of the electors interested."
These platform issues are connected.
Article I, Sections 33 and 34:
"Enumeration of Rights Not Exclusive
This enumeration of rights, and privileges shall not be construed to impair or deny others retained by the people."
"Slavery or Involuntary Servitude
There shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude in the State, otherwise than as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted."
It is not the government that drives the economy. It is the people.
Government spending is stealing from the people to pay for the pet projects of the political machine. There have been calls to audit several functions of our government; let me be very clear: audits cost money and that money comes, directly, from the public.
To combat financial waste, slash the budget.
Our Economy is affected by the state of our Safety and Liberties. We must work together, not a State divided, but a State united, to address the proper application of our TEKS to recover the proper values of our TEKS.
The proper application of government consists of protecting the people from infringements on their rights. Without safety, security, liberty, and equality, we don’t have an economy. Chaos would ensue as it has in Portland.
We can reverse this trend. Promoting diversity in all things, teaching new approaches to old problems, encouraging small businesses, keeping our governments small enough to not tread on the public while still protecting the rights of the people.